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genetic vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| heredity | is the passing of physical characteristic from parent to offspring |
| trait | seed color height eye color |
| genetics | today,Mendel discoveries from the foundation of genetics. |
| fertilization | a new organism begins to form when egg and sperm join in the process. |
| purebred | organism is the offspring of many generations that have the same trait. |
| gene | to control a trait. |
| alleles | are the different forms of a gene. |
| dominant allele | is one whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present |
| recessive allele | is the hidden the whenever is when dominant allele. |
| hybrid | organism has two different alleles for a trait. |
| probabillity | to predict the results of a particular event. |
| punnet square | is a chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross. |
| phenotype | two useful terms |
| genotype | two useful terms |
| homozygous | two identical alleles for a trait |
| heterozygous | two different alleles for a trait |
| codominance | an inheritance pattern |
| meiosis | is the process by which the number of chromosomes is reduced by half to form half sex cells. |
| messenger rna | copies the coded message from DNA in the nucleus. |
| transfer rna | carries amino acids to ribosomes |
| mutation | any change in a gene or chromesomes |